CHARACTERS

Description

Characters are the elements that make up the logic of the .apt file. There are several types that each fulfill a specific purpose. The endianness is always LE in this format.

Specification

All of the characters derive from one base class. This part is used to retrieve the character type and validate that this a correct character.

Base data

Offset	Bytes	Type	Name
0	4	UINT32	TYPE
4	4	UINT32	SIGNATURE

The type defines which type of character this is and how the data after the base data is processed. The signature is always equal to 0x09876543.

Character types

TYPE	Character	Description
1	Shape	Contains geometry and display data
2	Text	Displays a string
3	Font	Contains glyph data for embedded fonts
4	Button	Defines a region and contains Actionscript for the related buttons events
5	Sprite	Another container, just like Movie
6	Sound	Defines a sound. Not used in APT
7	Image	Defines an image that can be used from Shapes. References the .dat file.
8	Morph	A morph animation. Not used in APT
9	Movie	The root character that contains all other characters.

Display System

For displaying actual data the .apt format uses a display list. Some character types can be placed on that list by either frame items or actionscript.